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** By a margin of two to one, voters in Tacoma, Washington reject a ballot initiative which would have reinstated a gay civil rights law repealed by voters in November 1989.
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** Holocaust: By order of the Vichy France government headed by Pierre Laval, French police officers round-up 13, 000 – 20, 000 Jews and imprison them in the Winter Velodrome.
** United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379: By a vote of 72 – 35 ( with 32 abstentions ), the United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
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** By attaching the Deane brothers helmet to a suit, Augustus Siebe develops the Siebe " Closed " Dress combination diving helmet and suit, considered the foundation of modern diving dress.
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** In a status referendum, Puerto Rico residents vote with a slim margin to maintain Commonwealth status.
** U. S. presidential election, 1928: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith.
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** California Proposition 6, the Briggs Initiative, which would have forbidden gays to teach in schools, is defeated in California by a two-to-one margin.
** The attempted repeal of a gay rights ordinance in Seattle, Washington is also defeated by a two-to-one margin.
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** Kyūshū Shōsen operates the route between Nagasaki and the two of Gotō Islands, namely Fukuejima and Nakadōrijima.
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